All Fixed income articles
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Technical guideResponsible investment in securitised debt: A technical guide
Securitised products are backed by different types of debt (mortgages and consumer or corporate loans), making it more difficult to integrate responsible investment practices. This guide looks at three areas where investors can focus their efforts: investment analysis, thematic-focused strategies and engagement and collaboration.
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PRI reporting analysisGlobal responsible investment trends 2025: inside PRI reporting data
This analysis charts the development of global responsible investment practices, based on responses from 3,048 signatories
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Case studySwedbank Robur: Driving engagement on children’s rights
Shortlisted for PRI Awards 2024: Recognition for Action – Human Rights
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Workshop summaryMandate design considerations for sovereign debt net zero portfolios
This article summarises key points from a workshop held in September 2024 where participants in sovereign debt markets discussed challenges and emerging solutions in pursuing net zero targets in portfolio design.
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Case studyInvesti: Accelerating innovation in sustainable finance through collaboration
A collaboration between 12 major Quebec financial institutions led by Innocap.
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PRI Web PagePRI asset class and asset owner guidance advisory committees: call for new members
The PRI is looking for signatories to join its asset class and asset owner guidance advisory committees.
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PRI reporting analysisGlobal responsible investment trends: Inside PRI reporting data
This report finds that signatories have continued to enhance their RI practices, with RI policies becoming more detailed, action on sustainability outcomes more widespread and disclosures more in-depth since the 2021 reporting cycle.
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Blog postClimate regulatory risks have strong impacts on corporate bond pricing and credit ratings
By Laura Starks, George Kozmetsky Centennial Distinguished University Chair and Professor of Finance, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin
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News and pressNew PRI report helps investors consider ESG factors in Canadian provincial and municipal bonds
Initiative Climat International (iCI), together with ERM, launch today a new guidance document to help software companies account for their indirect or “value chain” greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, referred to as Scope 3 emissions.
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Technical guideMapping the role sustainable bonds play in the fixed income market
The sustainable bond market is growing rapidly. We explain some of the market dynamics and provide a starting point for enhanced scrutiny.
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DDQResponsible investment DDQ for private debt investors
This DDQ has been developed to help investors better understand and evaluate private debt managers’ approaches to responsible investment
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Case studyMirova: Using the SDGs to accelerate sustainable economic transformation
SDG outcomes case study
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WebinarBiodiversity and fixed income: how to start
This webinar will explore where and how to start incorporating biodiversity considerations in the analysis of fixed income assets.
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Discussion paperESG, credit risk and ratings: part 4 - deepening the dialogue between investors, issuers, and CRAs
The second phase of the ESG in Credit Risk and Ratings Initiative, which this report summarises, has deepened the dialogue that the PRI started between investors and credit rating agencies (CRAs) in phase one. It has also broadened the outreach to other stakeholders – primarily borrowers, but also ESG information ...
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WebinarESG data for sovereign bonds: the what, the why and the how
This session, co-hosted by the PRI and the Emerging Markets Investors Alliance (EMIA), will help investors and other market participants understand where to find countries’ ESG data, what it shows, and how to use it.
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PRI reporting analysisInside PRI data: Investment manager practices
There are many responsible investment practices that are now widely practised among the PRI’s investment manager signatories. A large majority publish core policies and have executive oversight of their implementation.
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PRI Web PageShare your views on ESG in private debt
The PRI is calling for limited and general partners in private debt funds to participate in a survey, and/or one-to-one interviews, to inform an upcoming report.
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ArticleESG in credit ratings and ESG ratings
Credit ratings and ESG ratings are distinct but complementary products. This page aims at providing clarity on the difference between the two, as well as the current offering landscape.
